Green Room - Sign Up Week - Day 1
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therealljidolThe Season 10 sign up sheet is officially up: http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/945807.html
So please make sure to spread the word. We've had a decent response so far, but the sooner we have a full house, the sooner we can get this thing rolling down the tracks to our inevitable doom.
People have been asking me: "Gary, why Season 10?"
and I've said, "Because it comes after Season 9."
They say, "Gary, why now? Isn't everyone in the world focused on the trainwreck we are calling the US Presidential election?"
and I say, "Yes. Which means that something with EVEN HIGHER stakes is needed! Something that truly matters - like who will be the next LJ Idol!"
People ask, "Kill kill kill"
and I say 'SHUT UP VOICES IN MY HEAD!!! NOT TODAY! NO. NOT TODAY... well, OK, maybe today... BUT NOT TOMORROW!!"
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Anyway, it's nice to see you.
How have you been doing?
So please make sure to spread the word. We've had a decent response so far, but the sooner we have a full house, the sooner we can get this thing rolling down the tracks to our inevitable doom.
People have been asking me: "Gary, why Season 10?"
and I've said, "Because it comes after Season 9."
They say, "Gary, why now? Isn't everyone in the world focused on the trainwreck we are calling the US Presidential election?"
and I say, "Yes. Which means that something with EVEN HIGHER stakes is needed! Something that truly matters - like who will be the next LJ Idol!"
People ask, "Kill kill kill"
and I say 'SHUT UP VOICES IN MY HEAD!!! NOT TODAY! NO. NOT TODAY... well, OK, maybe today... BUT NOT TOMORROW!!"
***
Anyway, it's nice to see you.
How have you been doing?
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Date: 2016-11-01 12:54 pm (UTC)Morning everyone, how's things? Enjoying my last couple of days of vacation by trying to tackle this NaNoWriMo thing...
First year I didn't have anything explicitly planned to do in a while, so this should be fun. xD
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Date: 2016-11-01 01:02 pm (UTC)Fun, yes. That's what they call it. xD
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Date: 2016-11-01 02:50 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2016-11-01 01:04 pm (UTC)First day back at work from vacation, followed by several days off work and on pain meds after surgery (I'm fine). I apologize in advance for any bizarrely loopy GR comments I may make over the next week.
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Date: 2016-11-01 02:52 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2016-11-01 01:11 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-11-01 04:26 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2016-11-01 01:11 pm (UTC)I'm doing okay, and have attempted to recruit a coworker, even before completely deciding that I'll be participating myself. So it goes. :)
Dan
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Date: 2016-11-01 01:28 pm (UTC)Honestly, I've seen enough people combine the work they are doing, using Idol as a springboard for their novels. So I know it can work.
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Date: 2016-11-01 01:16 pm (UTC)I hope this is a fantastic season for everyone! Bon chance, everybody!
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Date: 2016-11-01 01:18 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2016-11-01 01:22 pm (UTC)Going out to visit my grandma in a bit. Today's her birthday :) And maybe we'll hear when she's getting moved to the home that is literally only up the road from me (15 houses away!), rather than all the way over the other side of town like she is now, so I will be able to visit her more often.
My anxiety is currently sky high, but I'm able to recognise it an be like, "ok, I have sky high anxiety and I feel in desperate need of some tlc, but it is only anxiety, I'll live" kinda thing. So yay.
Other than that, y'know, still alive and stuff so it's all good.
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PS. Does anyone know how to tell if a pineapple is ripe before I cut into it, please?
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Date: 2016-11-01 01:26 pm (UTC)(or at least that's what I've heard)
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Date: 2016-11-01 01:41 pm (UTC)SO EXCITED to get another season of Idol. Thanks Gary! Though I'm not sure I'll be thanking you in a few weeks, what with the two jobs, NaNo AND Idol. We'll see!
I moved into a new house in a new town with the Sam creature at the end of June, got a new job at the end of May, and celebrated my cat's 19th birthday in August! Got an ADD diagnosis and a dermatillomania diagnosis, but the ADD meds fixed my PTSD, and they help my ADD symptoms. All hail Dexedrine!
On the path to starting a small gluten free, allergen-accommodating baking and prepared foods business. Going to attempt to use the holiday season to bake All the Things and get feedback and practice and a regular rotation of goodies that I can sell at farmers markets next year. Goals! You gotta have 'em. Hope everyone else has been well too!
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Date: 2016-11-01 01:48 pm (UTC)So are you supplying all the goodies for the Green room? haha
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Date: 2016-11-01 02:21 pm (UTC)Life is interesting and complex. I'm 4 weeks out from surgery to repair my ankle. It's healing up well just much more slowly than I would like. We are getting estimates to repair water damage to our house which happened just before Hurricane Matthew came past NC and created lots of jobs for contractors.
Today I have a routine doctor appointment and then an appointment to test drive a car (well I get to test ride a car). Then I need to knit as much as possible because I have a blanket I'm trying to finish before this weekend.
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Date: 2016-11-01 02:32 pm (UTC)A fellow knitter! Great to meet you!
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Date: 2016-11-01 02:48 pm (UTC)Thanks!
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Date: 2016-11-01 04:38 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2016-11-01 04:09 pm (UTC)For old friends... I am looking forward to catching up with everyone... For new friends... HOWDY! :)
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Date: 2016-11-01 05:22 pm (UTC)Re: Feels like old times...
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Date: 2016-11-01 04:29 pm (UTC)I'm going to make an effort to be more sociable this season. Let's see how that goes.
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Date: 2016-11-01 05:08 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2016-11-01 05:44 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-11-01 06:01 pm (UTC)Also, I'm actually supposed to be working since it's the first which means all the things to close October.
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Date: 2016-11-01 05:48 pm (UTC)Remind me why I would put myself through this pain again? Maybe it's like the same pain of watching The Voice and seeing people more talented then others getting eliminated because taste and quality are subjective concepts. I watch till there's literally NO ONE left I got a feeling for... or maybe someone who did nothing for me does one performance which changes my entire opinion.
I guess Idol is the same way. So is all contests with people doing things.
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Date: 2016-11-02 01:33 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-11-01 05:49 pm (UTC)(And hi, those of you who've seen me in seasons past would know me as
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Date: 2016-11-01 06:23 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2016-11-01 06:21 pm (UTC)Well, that and I'm trying to get my 10 year old practicing his writing as well, so I figure the best way to do that is to set a good example! I should about something, right?!
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Date: 2016-11-01 06:35 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2016-11-01 06:35 pm (UTC)Somebody tell me why my Oakley dog ate my hermits...which had RAISINS in them?!? He's horked once but nothing since. I'm afraid he's already digested them :/
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Date: 2016-11-01 07:23 pm (UTC)Raisins are generally okay for dogs in small amounts, you may just have to deal with some loose stool in the meantime!
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Date: 2016-11-01 07:39 pm (UTC)Spent my spare time in the last year trying to teach myself to draw, trying to teach myself Japanese, or else slowly picking my way through Bloodborne. Sold a handful of pieces, as well (a few were originally Idol entries, which is neat).
Really looking forward to reading everyone again!
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Date: 2016-11-01 08:55 pm (UTC)I'd love to read the stuff you sold! What markets? :D
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Date: 2016-11-01 07:42 pm (UTC)How have *you* been, Gary?
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Date: 2016-11-01 09:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-11-02 02:48 am (UTC)I hope this is a fantastic season for everyone! Bon chance, everybody!
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Date: 2016-11-02 06:12 am (UTC)Who is hiring for an accountant?
I'm willing to move worldwide for the right price (variable depending on location), but am finding significant frustration in the vast disconnect between the skills required to actually do the job, which I have, and the skills required to acquire the job in the first place, including self-promotion, which I do not have. I have not found recruitment agencies, the supposed job-brokers/intermediaries, to be particularly helpful in this matter either. So if you do need an accountant, please get in touch.
Languages: native English, intermediate French, basic German and Italian, very basic Spanish.
TIA :)
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Date: 2016-11-02 06:48 am (UTC)Good luck! It must be very frustrating. And I'll keep an ear out if I hear anything.
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Date: 2016-11-04 06:36 am (UTC)I also wanted to see about branching out to find some new LJ friends, so this seems a great way to do so.